Search

Search Results

Found 42,341 results for .

At least £70m of early years funding not spent by councils

Wednesday, June 12, 2024

| Nursery World

At least £70m of early years entitlement funding was underspent in council budgets and not spent on places during the 2022-23 financial year – a record amount, according to new analysis.

Who gets the early years sector's vote?

News

Wednesday, June 12, 2024

| Nursery World

With just weeks to go until the General Election and the main political parties releasing their manifestos this week, Nursery World is asking readers who they will be voting for and why?

Conservatives pledge to reduce national insurance, but no mention of increased childcare funding

News

Tuesday, June 11, 2024

| Nursery World

The Conservatives have pledged to reduce national insurance contributions if they are re-elected, however they have failed to commit to increasing early years funding or tackling child povetry.

Sector cautiously welcomes Labour's plans for school-based nurseries

News

Monday, June 10, 2024

| Nursery World

The sector has cautiously welcomed Labour's plans to convert classrooms into school-based nurseries, urging the party to consult with PVI providers so the sustainabilty of existing settings isn't threatened.

Labour reveals plans to convert 3,334 classrooms into school-based nurseries

News

Monday, June 10, 2024

| Nursery World

A Labour Government would create 3,300 new school-based nurseries, utilising spare capacity within primary schools due to falling birth rates.

Lib Dems outline plans to develop an early years career strategy and review funding rates

News

Monday, June 10, 2024

| Nursery World

Nursery staff would have to hold a relevant early years qualification or be working towards one, under plans from the Liberal Democrats.

PVI providers fear they've lost control of their businesses, hears conference

News

Monday, June 10, 2024

| Nursery World

Fears about providing high-quality early education and care against a backdrop of underfunding were raised by delegates at NDNA’s annual conference last week.

NDNA sets out vision for the next five years at 25th anniversary conference

News

Friday, June 7, 2024

| Nursery World

National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) celebrates 25 years of ‘championing change for children’s futures’ at its annual conference in Coventry today (7 June).

New membership body to ‘raise the status’ of the workforce

News

Friday, June 7, 2024

| Nursery World

The ‘vision and purpose’ of the National Day Nursery Association’s (NDNA) flagship Institute of Early Years Education was unveiled today (7 June) at the NDNA’s annual conference in Coventry.

Next Government urged to regulate and 'elevate' the status of nannies

News

Thursday, June 6, 2024

| Nursery World

The next Government is being urged to regulate and elevate the status of the nanny industry within the sector, who are ‘time and time again not included or almost forgotten’ by politicians.

Lib Dems to boost statutory pay for new parents

News

Thursday, June 6, 2024

| Nursery World

Statutory maternity pay would be nearly doubled to £350 a week under a Liberal Democrat Government.

Oliver Steeper: Coroner urges DfE to strengthen nursery paediatric first aid requirements

News

Wednesday, June 5, 2024

| Nursery World

A coroner has written to the Department for Education calling for changes to be made to paediatric first aid training requirements for early years staff following the death of Oliver Steeper.

Julie Fisher: Starting from the child

Opinion

Wednesday, June 5, 2024

| Nursery World

Over the last decade there has been a significant shift in both government and Ofsted focus that has challenged many fundamental principles of early childhood education, says Julie Fisher

Figures show children in poorer areas have lower access to funded childcare

News

Wednesday, June 5, 2024

| Nursery World

Official statistics show that affluent areas in England have the highest number of childcare places available to families, highlighting that children in the most deprived parts of the country are less likely to have access to Government funded places.

Overnight closure of Enfield nursery leaves staff and parents ‘in shock’

News

Tuesday, June 4, 2024

| Nursery World

Staff have been left jobless and parents left scrambling to find childcare after being informed of the closure of Cedar Park Nursery, in an affluent area of Enfield, 'with immediate effect'.